As this is a WINTER challenge, I was baffled at first as to how I could depict Winter for this prompt! In the end I decided that the moment when Rodney was at his lowest, having lost most everyone he cared about (and loved) was the 'winter of his genius'. The spring came when he realized that he could change everything, by putting his trust in John Sheppard to make a difference.
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